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With the rain coming down hard this week, it feels like the perfect time to start getting excited for spring activities! Mark your calendars, because rain or shine the 2014 Madrona Mayfair is scheduled for Saturday May 10th from 9:30am-1:00pm. Mayfair will include a similar lineup to years past with the favored kiddie parade, pony rides, big bounce houses, clowns and various attractions along with a concert by the Recess Monkeys at the Madrona Playfield.

This year there will also be the first annual silent auction put on by Madrona K-8 and the Madrona Community Council (MCC), so come on down and check out the list of auction items. Volunteers are certainly still needed, and while several sponsors have already committed (Ewing & Clark, Harvard Avenue School, Molly Moon’s, Cambium, Lakeview Kids Dentistry, and the Madrona Dining and Sipping Society) sponsorships are still much appreciated. If you’d like to get involved or if you’d like more information on supporting this treasured Madrona event, please contact Stacey Kryman via email at staceykryman@gmail.com,

Were you able to catch the Madrona Mayfair Parade this weekend? We went and had front row seats to a fun-filled lineup! Check out this video we were able to capture, with an abundance of happy kids on bicycles with parents en tow.

Madrona Mayfair is May 18th this year a date I will always remember as the day Mt. St. Helen’s blew….yet I digress. The Madrona Community Council puts on Mayfair each year, but the council which is run entirely by volunteers, always needs an extra hand when it comes to the big neighborhood celebration. If interested in helping, please comment on this blog and we will put you in touch with the appropriate person. Following are the shifts and duties needed for Mayfair:

Madrona Mayfair is already in the works and it is shaping up. Knock on wood that the weather cooperates. This year Madrona Mayfair will be Saturday, May 18th, 9:30 AM to 1 PM. As always, Mayfair will begin at Al Larkins Park with the kiddie parade and end up at Madrona Playgound were there will be all kinds of fun. Pony Rides, Bouncy Houses, Obstacle Course by Seattle Gymnastics Academy, Reptile Man, Charles the Clown, and this year the Recess Monkey will have a concert right there at the Madrona Playfield starting at noon.

Many Madrona restaurants/dessert makers have expressed interest in participating in this year’s Mayfair, but so far it can be announced that St. Clouds and Pritty Boy’s Pizza have confirmed.

As always the Madrona Community Council (MCC) is planning Mayfair. Madrona Community Council is always looking for volunteers and sponsors for the event so they can continue to provide the event free to our Seattle neighborhood. So far, Ewing and Clark are sponsoring the pony rides, Lakeview Kids Dentistry is sponsoring the Recess Monkey Concert, Madrona Dining and Sipping Society is covering the cost for permits for the parade, and Harvard Avenue School is providing face painting, but the Madrona Community Council is looking for two more sponsors to assist with other hard costs. If you do not want to sponsor, but can help out either during or before the event they are still looking for volunteers. If you are interested in either, please add a comment to this blog (it will no show to the public) and we will forward your information to the correct member of the Madrona Community Council.

As we’ve mentioned in previous articles, the much anticipated Madrona Mayfair festivities kick off this weekend and the weather is looking like it’s going to be heating up for a fun filled Mother’s Day weekend. The weather forecast for Saturday May 12th is blue skies and sunshine, with a high of 75 and it may even hit 80 on Sunday! Mayfair events will kick off in the morning, with activities as follows:

Pancake Breakfast and last minute tricycle decorating at Madrona K8 beginning at 8am

The 34th Avenue Parade begins at 9:30am, led by Charles the Clown and the Seattle Fire Department

Pony Rides will begin at 9:30am sponsored by Ewing & Clark – 4 ponies will be on the basketball court. Bring helmets if you have them!

2 Bouncy Houses in the tennis courts sponsored by Seattle Parks and Rec, and many many more activites throughout the day!

Along with the events of Mayfair, there will be concerts, artisan booths and sales throughout the afternoon for the Madrona Block Party along 34th Avenue; find an extensive schedule of the concert lineup here.

Madrona Mayfair t-shirts are now available online. T-shirts will be on sale until May 1st to ensure that they will be delivered in time for Mayfair. The t-shirts will NOT be available for sale at Mayfair, so be sure to order your t-shirts before the big event. Click the link to order your Mayfair t-shirt today. T-shirts are approximately $15 (depending on sizes, etc.) and are available in all sizes.

Madrona residents come celebrate Mayfair this year with your fellow Seattle neighbors on Saturday, May 12th. This year Madrona Mayfair is in the morning with the Madrona Block Party starting in the afternoon. Following are the up-to-date details of the fun events.

Madrona Mayfair Block Party – Saturday May 12
Brought to you by Madrona Community Council & Business Owners of Madrona (BOOM)
Rain or Shine

The Madrona Community Council is hosting Madrona Mayfair this year on Saturday, May 12th. Unlike previous years, Madrona Mayfair is being combined with BOOM‘s 34th and Union Street Festival. This will allow the festivities in Madrona to go from the morning through the evening. The first half of the day will have all the usual family-friendly events such as pony rides, bouncy houses, etc at the Madrona Playground and then continue through the afternoon in the Madrona Business District with live music, food and drink, and retail specials.

The Madrona Community Council is still looking for volunteers as well as sponsors for Madrona Mayfair Block Party. So far, Harvard Avenue School is sponsoring Face Painting, Ewing & Clark is sponsoring the Pony Rides, and The Reptile Man and Mayfair Clown are sponsored by Dr. Loren Tarr. If you are interested in volunteering or sponsorship, please contact Stacy Kryman.

Well, Madrona Mayfair is less than 24 hours away so it is time to get the bikes decorated for the opening parade. The opening Mayfair Parade consists mainly of neighborhood kids on their bikes riding two blocks from Alvin Larkins Park to Madrona Playground. Of course these are no ordinary bikes, at least once the decorations are added. Most of the bikes will be plastered with balloons, ribbons, etc. to make the kids ordinary bikes into special Madrona Mayfair bicycles. To help kids make this happen they can show up today, Friday the 13th (Makes me think of Friday the 13th the movie and the 50 sequels), from 3 PM to 5 PM at the Madrona Playfield Shelterhouse (Locate in Madrona Playground on the east side of tennis courts). A bunch of neighborhood kids and parents will be there getting their bikes ready for the big day. If you cannot get there today, then just show up early (9 AM) tomorrow at Alvin Larkins Park and you can decorate your bike there as well.

Madrona Mayfair will start with the parade at 9:30 AM tomorrow (Saturday, May 14th – Reminds me of the movie Saturday the 14th) at Alvin Larkins Park. The Mayfair festivities will be from just after 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Madrona Playground.

Madrona in a Nutshell

Madrona is a Seattle neighborhood located on the shores of Lake Washington between the neighborhoods of Denny Blaine and Leschi. Madrona has a small commercial core centered at the corner of 34th and Union. Many of the homes have views of Lake Washington, the Cascades, and Mt. Rainier while others have peek-a-boo views of Downtown Seattle.

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Kristine Losh

Kristine Losh
Broker Ewing & Clark, Inc. – “Ask me about real estate when you see me in the neighborhood!”